Global freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com has acquired enterprise freight marketplace Channel 40, in a move expected to pave the way for the launch of a new freight, shipping and transportation marketplace, Freightlancer.com.

Australian-listed telecommunications software and services provider MNF Group is set to acquire managed IT cloud and telecommunications services company Inabox Group in a deal valued at between $30.5 million and $33.5 million.